Results 141-160 of 1,757 for rural transport

Written Answers — Rural Transport: Rural Transport (27 Feb 2007) See 2 other results from this answer

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is currently developing proposals to establish a pilot rural transport scheme to allow rural people to fully participate in the various activities that take place in rural areas in the evening. In this context, I recently met with my colleague Minister of State Gallagher T.D. in the Department of Transport to discuss the parameters of the new scheme. Discussions are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural Transport...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I tabled this matter in the aftermath of receiving a large number of representations from users of the rural bus transport scheme who are concerned about its future. The scheme, which has been in existence since 2002, was established to combat rural isolation. In its infancy it accounted for 151,000 journeys. This rose to 1.7 million last year. A typical...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Anne Graham: I thank the committee for the invitation to attend. I understand it wishes me to address the topic of what it takes to sustain a viable rural community and in my statement, I focus in particular on public transport. To assist me in dealing with the committee's subsequent questions, I am joined by Mr. Tim Gaston, who manages the public transport services within the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Dec 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 to 220, inclusive, together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (1 Jun 2023)

Simon Harris: I thank my colleague for raising this very important matter and for his impassioned plea on behalf of his own constituents in County Mayo in terms of the need for improved public transport services, particularly improved bus capacity and airport access. In my own ministerial role, I am also very taken with the points he makes about the importance of capacity for college students. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I am fully aware of the important role the bus fulfils in ensuring public transport connectivity for rural communities.  This Government has supported that role through the 11% cumulative increase I secured in Budget 2017 for both the Public Service Obligation (PSO) programme and the Rural Transport Programme.  That increase means that in 2017 approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including the Rural Transport Programme, which...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Tommy Broughan: ...of State for his reply. The key point is that in two weeks' time, and if he follows Professor McCarthy's advice, the Minister for Finance could use the budget to pull the rug from under the rural transport programme. Amendment No. 7, which relates to the licensing provision in section 7, states that the rural transport service should be licensed as a bus service. This would place the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to 'open' public transport services including in rural areas. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for developing an accessible, integrated and sustainable public transport network. ...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (2 Jul 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Dempsey: The Programme for Government 2007-2012 contains a commitment that my Department will build on the success thus far of the Rural Transport Initiative (RTI) and extend the Rural Transport Programme nationwide. My Department is giving effect to this commitment through the Rural Transport Programme (RTP), launched in February 2007, which places the former pilot Rural Transport Initiative on a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport, It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. It is the public transport operators, for example, Bus Éireann, that have responsibility for delivering and operating public...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (5 Mar 2024)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Transport is responsible for rural transport policy and programmes and the National Transport Authority has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services. Notwithstanding this, I acknowledge the vital importance of transport services for rural...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (19 Feb 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Dempsey: Under the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) launched in February 2007, thirty-four community transport groups around the country are being funded to address social exclusion in their rural areas arising from unmet public transport needs. Older people and people with disabilities form the core customer base of the RTP. Pobal, which administers the Programme on behalf of my Department, has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of integrated, accessible and sustainable public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including...